Picture and card supporter



(No Model.)

0.13EUR.

PICTURE AND GARD SUPPORTER.

ANo. 257,542.

Patented May 9, 1882.

N. PEIERS. Phnwlilnugnpher. wuhingmn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

CHARLES BECK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTURE AND CARD SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,542, dated May 9, 1882.

Application filed March 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BECK, a citi- '/.en of the United States, residing in the city and county ot' Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Picture and Card Supporters, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the outer face of the supporter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a picture or card havingmy invention applied to it. Fig. 3 is a rear View thereof, the supporter being folded. Fig. 4 is a vertical section in line w w, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of a supporter for a picture, calendar, or other card or plate, formed of a piece of suitable materiahcombining a leg, a base, and means for attachment t0 the card or plate, lthe parts being continuous of each other, so that the base extends from the bottom of the leg to the card or plate and forms alarge and Hat surface for snpportin g said card or plate. K

lt also consists informing the supporter with a tongue which is adapted to interlock or engage with a tongue on the card or plate, whereby the supporter and card or plate are prevented from separation.

It also consists in making the supporter adjustable, whereby it is adapted for cards or plates of differentsizes.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporter, which is formed of apiece of suitable stiff material, preferably pasteboard or card-board, and having on its outer face transversely-extending scores or folding-lines a b o, thus producing the parts Z cfg, which are continuous of each other, the part d forming a iiap, one side of which is gummed, so that said part may be secured to a picture, calendar, or othercardorplate,l3. (Shownbydottedlines.) The part c constitutes the leg of the support, and the part f the base thereof. The part g constitutes a tongue, which is adapted to engage with a tongue, C, secured by gumming or otherwise to the card or plate B. It being noticed that the parts of arc continuous, the part cl is at the end of the part e, and the part' g is at the cn'd of the partj", and the four parts are formed of one piece of material 5 but they may be separate pieces gum med to each other in the order named. The tongue C is cut from the part e or f-preferably the part f-thus utilizing either part for the formation of the tongue and rendering the supporter light and graceful; but said tongue maybe formed from a separate piece of material. When the ap d is secured to the back of the card or plate the parts are spread at or about an acute an gle, the parte thus forming an upright or leg and the partf forming a large and Hat base, which is rested on the table or other place of location of the card or plate. The lower por; tion of the tongue C is separated from the card or plate, leaving a space or pocket, in which is inserted the part or tongue g, thus locking the tongues. Itwill be seen that the card or plate is nicely sustained by the leg and base of, and the separation of the base from the card or plate is prevented by the engagement of the tongues g C. Consequentlythe card or plate retains its proper position for viewing or inspect-ion without liability to shift or slip from the base. By disengaging the tongues the parts fg may be folded on the inner face of the part o, and then on the back of the card or plate. As the partfhas a piece cut from it corresponding to the shape of the tongue C, the latter occupies the space of said. part as out out, and thus the supporter is nicely and coinpactly folded on the `card or plate, it being evident that the part o may also be cut out the shape of the tongue C in reverse order, as shown in Fig. 1. On the outer face of the supporter are additional scorelines ao, whereby the lengths of the leg e, base j", and tongue g may be adjusted; and the rear face of the tongue C is provided with a score-line, c, for purpose of adjusting its length, the parts being folded at said score-lines without, however, being changed inthe operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The picture or card supporter consisting of the attaching part d, the leg e, and base f, formed ot' a continuous piece of material in the order named, whereby the base extends from the bottom of the leg to the picture or card, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The supporter formed of the attaching IOO part d, leg c, and besef, having :L tongue, g, in Combination with the tongue C of the card or plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The supporter A,f0rn1ed with the additional score `folding-lines a c', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4.. The tongue C, adapted to be secured to 

